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Joe DiPietro (born 1961) is an American playwright and author.〔(Giving ''Allegro'' a heart transplant - The Washington Times )〕 Born in Teaneck, New Jersey,〔Ouzounian, Richard, Richard. ("Toxic Avenger found his bard in Bon Jovi: Band's David Bryan just wants people to sing the songs he writes" ), ''Toronto Star'', December 6, 2009. Accessed December 6, 2009. "He got a crash course in how to do it when he met up with Joe DiPietro, another Jersey boy (this one from Teaneck)."〕 DiPietro grew up in nearby Oradell,〔(THEATER; New Musical Headed For American Stage - The New York Times )〕〔(Playbill News: A Perfect Love )〕 the son of Lou and Jean DiPietro. He attended Oradell Public School and River Dell Regional High School, before graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers University in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in English.〔(Doubling Down With Joe DiPietro; 2 of his shows open in area - Daily News )〕 DiPietro is best known for the Tony Award-winning musical ''Memphis'', as well as for writing the book and lyrics for the long-running off-Broadway show ''I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change''.〔 He is openly gay.〔("‘Memphis’ belle" ). ''Dallas Voice'', May 10, 2012.〕 ==Work== DiPietro's first produced work was ''I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change'', written with composer Jimmy Roberts, which ran for twelve years (5,003 performances) off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre. He followed that up with 1998's comedy ''Over The River And Through The Woods'', which played the John Houseman Theatre for 800 performances over two years.〔http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&title=Over%20the%20River%20and%20Through%20the%20Woods〕 DiPietro's work made its Broadway debut in 2005 with the Elvis Presley jukebox musical ''All Shook Up''.〔http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=383114〕 ''The Toxic Avenger'', written with Bon Jovi's David Bryan, debuted off-Broadway on April 6, 2009, and won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical.〔http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=5324〕 DiPietro and Bryan's ''Memphis'' won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Musical. It ran at the Shubert Theatre for three years (1,165 performances) and continues in touring production all over the country. DiPietro won Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score, and the show also received the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical.〔http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=484158〕 ''Nice Work If You Can Get It'', a re-imagining of a Gershwin musical, starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara, opened at Broadway's Imperial Theatre in 2012. The show, and DiPietro's book, were nominated for Tony Awards in 2012, and DiPietro won the Drama Desk Award for Best Book of a Musical.〔http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=491374〕 ''Clever Little Lies'' ran in late 2013 at George Street Playhouse and debuted in New York's Westside Theatre in 2015 with Marlo Thomas and Greg Mullavey.〔("Marlo Thomas Stars in Off-Broadway Marriage Comedy ''Clever Little Lies'' ) by Harry Haun, ''The New York Observer'', 1 October 2015〕 is being eyed for a possible New York production. In addition, the musical ''Chasing The Song,'' which reunites DiPietro with Bryan, was workshopped at La Jolla Playhouse in the summer of 2014. 2014 also saw DiPietro reworking the Garson Kanin play ''Peccadillo'' into ''Living On Love,'' which starred the opera star Renee Fleming and was a highlight of the 2014 Williamstown Theater Festival.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/theater/in-living-on-love-renee-fleming-moves-beyond-opera.html?_r=0〕 Other recent plays include ''Creating Claire'', which debuted at George Street Playhouse in 2010, and ''The Last Romance'', which played the Old Globe in 2010 after debuting at Kansas City's New Theatre in 2008. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe DiPietro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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